Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5290

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Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5290

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Table 1. Total estimated withdrawals of water from selected principal aquifers and withdrawals used for public supplies, irrigation, and self-supplied industrial in the United States, 2000.

[From Maupin and Barber, 2005. Abbreviations: Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Principal aquifers and aquifer systems Withdrawals (Mgal/d)
Total Public supplies Irrigation Industrial
Columbia Plateau 1,076 223 810 43
Snake River Plain 3,075 151 2,899 25
Floridan 3,640 1,330 1,930 385
Piedmont-and-Blue Ridge 175 110 30 35
Basin-and-Range 5,696 1,081 4,550 65
Central Valley 9,808 839 8,910 59
Glacial Deposits 3,553 1,950 1,020 583
High Plains 17,488 389 17,000 99
Coastal Lowlands 2,368 1,010 933 425
Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands 1,327 724 383 220
North Atlantic Coastal Plain 1,035 793 70 172
Ordovician 5.8 4.8 .6 .4
Valley-and-Ridge 362 226 6.3 129
Mississippian-Pennsylvanian 418 289 12 117
Southeastern Coastal Plain 860 340 382 138
Stream-and-River Valley 1,800 456 1,190 154
Denver Basin 36 17 12 7.4
Ozark Plateaus 165 131 20 14

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